Thanksgiving 2012 Recap and Sickies

Wow. I have really neglected this blog. There are days when I am just happy to get the kids fed, changed and cleaned. It is so hard to keep up with two little ones these days. It doesn't help that Ava LOVES, LOVES to have "parties" where she pulls everything out and makes a party. It usually involves all her stuffed animals and lots of blankets.

Anyway, I digressed.

We have a great, great Thanksgiving! My dad and Patty came to Phoenix to celebrate with us. They arrived on the Tuesday before Thanksgiving and the festivities began. We had everyone over to our house that night for dinner. It was easiest since I am at home with the kiddos. Noah had just woken up when they arrived and he was not a happy camper. He is definitely really shy. My dad even tried to cheer him up with jelly beans. He wasn't having it. We ended up going outside and after getting some food in him, he was in a much better mood.

Wednesday, we all headed over to my sisters house so that she could start prepping for Thanksgiving dinner.

Thursday, after naps, we headed over for Thanksgiving dinner at Jacy's house.  It was amazing. My sister in law made me some Gluten Free, Dairy Free, Egg Free Sweet Potato casserole and it was delish. I had that along with some salad, turkey and some good wine and good company of course!

The next morning was Black Friday and it is my favorite day of the year. I love it because I get up so early (which is not unusual for me) and go shopping. I was up and out the door at 4am. Nobody is out at that time. It is the perfect time to shop. Everyone goes Thursday night or later on Friday. I shopped until 8:30 am with no lines and very few other shoppers. I went everywhere. I started at Toys R Us. I was disappointed that they didn't get all the ad signs up. I went in for some specific things and if I hadn't decided to price check them, I wouldn't have gotten them because I didn't think they were still on sale. I also wanted to browse to see what else was on sale, but because not everything that was on sale was marked, I probably passed up on some things. Oh well, then I headed to Sports Authority, Target, The mall, Lowes, TJ Maxx and Nordstrom Rack. Phew. It was a fun morning. That evening we went to Brian and Melissa's house for dinner.

On Saturday, we headed over to my little sister's house. We had some yummy Carne Asada.

Sunday, we ended the fun with a Honey Baked Ham Company Ham at Brian and Melissa's.
By now, everyone was tired. Mike started feeling unwell on Thanksgiving. It was mostly from doing yard work on Tuesday. He always gets stuffy sinuses from doing yard work. By Sunday night, Noah, Ava and this mama were not feeling well.
Ava ended up sleeping in our bed Sunday night and Mike was on the floor. Noah was the worst, but only woke up once and after I resettled him, he was out. We were a house of sickies for a couple of days. I can't remember being that tired in a long time. I just had a sore throat and felt like I had lead in my limbs. Needless to say there was a lot of TV time and cuddling time. It was actually kinda nice..

We are on the mend. Noah and Mike are still stuck with stuffy and running noses. Hopefully they will be better soon.